Morris earned Best Country Group/Duo and Best Country Song nods for “Dear Hate,” her topical collaboration with Vince Gill, as well as a Best Country Solo Performance nomination for her cover of Elton John’s “Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters” from the Restoration tribute album. Musgraves’ Golden Hour was included among the Best Country Album nominees, as was her recording “Butterflies” for Best Country Solo Performance and “Space Cowboy” for Best Country Song.

Dan + Shay’s blockbuster “Tequila” garnered a pair of nominations, as did Little Big Town’s “When Someone Stops Loving You.” Perennial favorite Chris Stapleton secured another two nominations, including Best Country Album for From A Room: Volume 2 and Best Country Solo Performance for “Millionaire.”

In the more Americana-focused categories, Carlile’s powerful single “The Joke” got mentions for Best American Roots Performance and Song, while her album By the Way, I Forgive You earned a spot among the Best Americana Album candidates. She’ll be competing with John Prine, whose 2018 LP The Tree of Forgiveness is also up for Best Americana Album and who has a pair of tunes, “Summer’s End” and “Knockin on Your Screen Door,” nominated for Best American Roots Song.

Carlile, Musgraves and Morris were also in the mix in several of the all-genre categories, with Carlile and Musgraves both scoring Album of the Year nominations and Carlile’s “The Joke” appearing alongside “The Middle,” Morris’ collaboration with Zedd and Grey, as a contender for Record of the Year and Song of the Year.

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Additionally, Margo Price and Luke Combs showed up as Best New Artist nominees, competing with Bebe Rexha (who had her own country crossover hit with the Florida Georgia Line collaboration “Meant to Be”), Greta Van Fleet and Dua Lipa. Stapleton’s work with Justin Timberlake on “Say Something” earned a nod for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance, while Willie Nelson found his way into the Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album field for his Frank Sinatra tribute My Way.

Carlile’s six mentions puts her among the top nominees, including Kendrick Lamar and Drake. Winners will be revealed at the 61st Grammy Awards, to be broadcast live on CBS February 10th.